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As a noun, movie means a recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.

Meanings of movie

3 meanings

noun

  1. chiefly north americanAustraliaA recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.

  2. usually pluralchiefly north americanA cinema.

    “Let's go to the movies.”

  3. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

    “they went to a movie every Saturday night”

    “the film was shot on location”

    Similar: film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

movie around the world

AustraliaA recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion.

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noun: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and …
filmpicturemoving picturemoving-picture showmotion picturemotion-picture showpicture showpic

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